Download Tutorial 5 -New Pages and Links

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Creating an internal link between existing pages, for creating a link on Page A to
Page B - where both pages already exist in the wiki;
Creating an internal link to a new page, for instance creating a link on Page A to
Page C, which must still be created in the wiki;
Creating a link from a page in the wiki to another website, which we call an external
link, for instance linking Page A to the home page of your organisation.
Deciding which words letters or concepts you would like to display to the user as
the hyperlink text. That is the text which appears as a blue link in the browser. For
instance you may want to display your full name which links to your User Page
which uses an abbreviated form of your name. The link "Mary Brown" may go to a
User page called "sparrow" which is Mary's User name. In Mediawiki language we
refer to this technique as a piped link because the syntax uses the "
Creating New Pages
To create a page, first think about where you might want your page to be linked from. Say you want
to create a page for your new Chemistry course. Ideally, there should be a link to this course from
a page listing all the science courses. You would go edit the science course page to add a link to
your new Chemistry page — even though your page hasn't been made yet. Once you save your
changes and click on the new link, you'll be given the opportunity to create the page.
In this first method you are creating a hyperlink in a page to another page that does not yet exist in
the wiki. This can be a difficult concept to grasp at the start, but once you see how it works it
should become perfectly clear.
Creating a link in your content is an easy process that can be done either by using a simple wiki
syntax or through the editing toolbar that appears while in the Editing mode.
It is possible to create a page without making a link to it first, simply type the name of the desired
page onto the end of the http://www.wikieducator.org/ url, like this
http://www.wikieducator.org/Coffee and hit enter. This would then take you to a page called Coffee
and prompt you with the option of creating the Coffee page. But remember: because you made the
page without first making a link to it, it might get lost in the sea of pages.
Linking is very important for this reason — If you don't link your new page from existing pages, then
no one will be able to find it. Spend some time thinking about good places where you should make
a link to your new page. Using the search box is very useful for finding phrases and material where
you might want to provide a link.